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Which one of the following microbes provides a natural system for gene transfer to produce transgenic plants?

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E. Coli
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Pseudomonas syringae
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens
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Bacillus thuringiensis
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Solution

The correct option is B Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a gram-negative bacterium that uses horizontal gene transfer to create tumors in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been extensively used as major agent for the production of transgenic plants in a wide variety of plant species (Hooykaas, 1989).
So, the correct option is option C.

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